Hi there, I saw that on the support page there are no vendors listed in Africa. I am a freelance IT support engineer located in South Africa and would like to add my name to the list. My contact details: Ross Cameron (sole proprietor of Prometheus Consulting) eMail: rwd.cameron@consultant.com Mobile: +27 (0)73 958-3074 Is there anything else you need to know? Regards, Ross Cameron
I saw you require a description of who I am for your documentation... So here you go. -------- I am a computer science (Informatics) professional with a over twenty years of experience supporting UNIX-based operating systems, web infrastructure and large scale network deployments. Two of my own projects, which are currently in the early development stages are: • A FreeBSD based hypervisor. * I'm intending to be a little like Proxmox. • Integration of the ClamAV anti-virus engine into the OpenZFS filesystem. * A replacement for Solaris's vscand. I am confident that my ability to communicate technical aspects to non-technical stakeholders, solve complex problems and manage project timelines for anyone requiring support for FreeBSD installations. Contact details: Prometheus Consulting (sole proprietor: Ross Cameron) rwd.cameron@consultant.com +27 (0)73 958-3074
From: Ross Cameron <rwd.cameron@consultant.com> To: jpb <jpb@jimby.name> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Missing Africa support vendor Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 19:46:52 +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Hi there Jim Not right now I'm busy negotiating with the co-owner of my consultancy business with regards to new branding and company renaming. Would it be possible to just pop in a mailto: link for now? Or would it be better to have a webpage to point to? Consultant.com is a domain hosted by the folks at Mail.com. ~~ Regards,... Ross Cameron eMail: rwd.cameron@consultant.com Mobile: +27 (0)73 958-3074 "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~ Thomas Alva Edison ~ Inventor of 1093 patents, including the light bulb, the phonogram and motion pictures. On Mon, 4 Nov 2024, 6:55 pm jpb, <jpb@jimby.name> wrote: > > Ross, > > Do you have a specific website for your business? "consultant.com" > appears to be a generic landing page or domain squatter. > > Please advise, > Jim B. > > > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 09:21:16 +0200 > Ross Cameron <rwd.cameron@consultant.com> wrote: > > > Hi Jim, > > > > Thanks for your prompt response. > > > > The most suitable page, as far as I can see, would be the consulting > > vendors page over on: > > https://www.freebsd.org/commercial/consult_bycat/ > > > > I'm located in: > > Johannesburg, South Africa > > > > I provide a broad range of UNIX Systems consulting services. > > Everything from: > > - Systems administration services (onsite and remote) > > - Network design and implementation (LANs, WiFi deployments, > > private and public cloud services, custom FreeBSD based firewalls) > > - Large storage deployments (ZFS, NFS, CIFS) > > - Hypervisor deployments and management (Bhyve and KVM) > > > > If there is anything else you'd like to know, please feel free to > > contact me. > > > > ~~ > > Regards,... > > Ross Cameron > > eMail: rwd.cameron@consultant.com > > Mobile: +27 (0)73 958-3074 > > > > > > > > > > "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in > > overalls and looks like work." > > ~ Thomas Alva Edison ~ > > Inventor of 1093 patents, including the light bulb, the phonogram and > > motion pictures. > > > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2024, 02:01 jpb, <jpb@jimby.name> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 21:06:28 +0200 > > > Ross Cameron <rwd.cameron@consultant.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi there > > > > > > > > Graham Perrin suggested I email this list to bring Bug 282242 to > > > > your attention. > > > > > > > > The website doesn't list any support vendors for Africa and I > > > > happen to be one. > > > > > > > > ~~ > > > > Regards,... > > > > Ross Cameron > > > > eMail: rwd.cameron@consultant.com > > > > Mobile: +27 (0)73 958-3074 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed > > > > in overalls and looks like work." > > > > ~ Thomas Alva Edison ~ > > > > Inventor of 1093 patents, including the light bulb, the phonogram > > > > and motion pictures. > > > > > > Ross, > > > > > > Please send a 2-3 sentence summary of your offerings with a general > > > location. I'll see if we can add you to our support vendors list. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > Jim Brown > > > jpb@jimby.name > > > > >
Created attachment 254951 [details] Attached patch to add Ross Cameron to the vendor list, category "africa". Attached patch to add Ross Cameron to the vendor list, category "africa".
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=c13d919210dfb13224e33e502831c8d621718d94 commit c13d919210dfb13224e33e502831c8d621718d94 Author: Jim Brown <jpb@jimby.name> AuthorDate: 2024-11-06 09:18:32 +0000 Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-11-06 09:20:03 +0000 consulting: Add Ross Cameron PR: 282242 Reported by: Ross Cameron <rwd.cameron@consultant.com> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D47442 website/data/en/vendors/consulting.toml | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
Committed. Thanks!